Artists through history
The atlas holds 32 people and 1,158 moments here, from 1400 to 2011. The most recorded lives are Leonardo da Vinci, Ronald Reagan and Napoleon Bonaparte. Across the Age of Exploration and the Cold War.
Notable people
Leonardo da Vinci
from 1452 to 1519
27 moments here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Ronald Reagan
from 1911 to 2004
120 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Napoleon Bonaparte
from 1769 to 1821
68 moments here
French military commander and statesman who rose during the French Revolution, became First Consul in 1799, and ruled as Emperor of the French in…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from 1749 to 1832
78 moments here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
Victor Hugo
from 1802 to 1885
39 moments here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
Pablo Picasso
from 1881 to 1973
60 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Vincent van Gogh
from 1853 to 1890
37 moments here
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose documented movements trace a path from a Brabant childhood through work and religious study in the…
Michelangelo
from 1475 to 1564
29 moments here
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…
Salvador Dalí
from 1904 to 1989
36 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Rabindranath Tagore
from 1861 to 1941
56 moments here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Steve Jobs
from 1955 to 2011
37 moments here
Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor, and executive who co-founded Apple, founded NeXT, and led Pixar.…
Nicolaus Copernicus
from 1473 to 1543
15 moments here
Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…
Walt Disney
from 1901 to 1966
25 moments here
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…
Rembrandt
from 1606 to 1669
18 moments here
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) was a Dutch painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.…
J. R. R. Tolkien
from 1892 to 1973
38 moments here
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Matsuo Bashō
from 1644 to 1694
40 moments here
Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) was a Japanese poet of the Edo period, renowned for haikai and for travel writing including Oku no Hosomichi.…
Le Corbusier
from 1887 to 1965
38 moments here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Frida Kahlo
from 1907 to 1954
20 moments here
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón) was born in Coyoacán and spent much of her life in Mexico City.…
Raphael
from 1483 to 1520
14 moments here
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, known as Raphael, was an Italian High Renaissance painter and architect.…
Sarah Bernhardt
from 1844 to 1923
47 moments here
French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…
Alfred Nobel
from 1833 to 1896
18 moments here
Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Albrecht Dürer
from 1471 to 1528
34 moments here
German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the Northern Renaissance. Born and died in Nuremberg, Dürer trained there before traveling through the…
Francisco Goya
from 1746 to 1828
28 moments here
Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born at Fuendetodos, Aragon, and died at Bordeaux, France.…
Louis XIV
from 1638 to 1715
16 moments here
Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 1638–1715), king of France from 1643, was the Bourbon monarch known as the Sun King.…
Moments
- 1411 First family departure from Mainz Johannes Gutenberg
- 1469 Moves to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
- 1475 Brought to Florence as an infant Michelangelo
- 1486 Apprenticeship with Michael Wolgemut Albrecht Dürer
- 1491 Studies at the University of Kraków Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1499 Workshop at Città di Castello Raphael
- 1577 Reported baptism in Cologne Peter Paul Rubens
- 1620 Enrolled at Leiden University Rembrandt
- 1630 First Italian journey: Naples Diego Velázquez
- 1651 Fronde crisis in Paris Louis XIV
- 1672 Move to Edo Matsuo Bashō
- 1739 Meets future Peter III at Eutin Catherine II of Russia
- 1765 Takes lodgings as a Leipzig student Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1771 Fresco work at the Basilica of El Pilar Francisco Goya
- 1779 Enrolls at school in Autun Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1807 Rejoins his father in Avellino Victor Hugo
- 1812 Journey to Nagoya and manga sketches Hokusai
- 1841 Pupil at Jacobs Apologistic School Alfred Nobel
- 1852 Entry into the Forbidden City Empress Dowager Cixi
- 1866 Enters school in Tilburg Vincent van Gogh
- 1872 Countryside stay at Panihati Rabindranath Tagore
- 1891 Family reaches A Coruña Pablo Picasso
- 1896 Childhood move to Sarehole J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1902 Cultural exchange performances in Germany Sarah Bernhardt
- 1907 Florence Charterhouse visit Le Corbusier
- 1911 Lives on Glassburn Street Ronald Reagan
- 1917 Exhibits at his Figueres home Salvador Dalí
- 1921 Laugh-O-Gram Studio work Walt Disney
- 1922 National Preparatory School student Frida Kahlo
- 1963 Returned to Zanzibar Freddie Mercury
- 1967 Move to Crist Drive home Steve Jobs
- 1989 Music Source recording sessions Kurt Cobain